Where does “-iță” come from?

-iță (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

-iță (Romanian): Forms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess

Definitions

  1. Forms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess

Ancestry of “-iță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-ица—
2Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Words derived from “-iță”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ица →